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Miles Davis: Walkin' and Musings
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The 1950s produced two pop superstars—Elvis Presley and Miles Davis. Both began the decade recording for smaller labels and were launched into the mainstream by larger ones—Presley on Sun and then RCA, and Davis on Prestige and then Columbia. Both were perceived as ultra cool and a departure from the norm, both were viewed as sex symbols and both achieved fame through a conversational lyricism—Presley with his vocal approach and Davis with his trumpet. What's more, both Presley and Davis ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s May 2025 Line-up Featuring A Miles Davis Celebration, Louis Hayes And The Jazz Communicators, And More
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AMT Public Relations
SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for May 2025. Some of today’s top ensembles reunite on the SMOKE stage including: supergroup Something Else! featuring Vincent Herring (Apr 30-May 4) and The Jazz Communicators led by NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes (May 21-25). The month culminates with the Miles Davis Celebration (May 28-Jun 1). An exceptional quintet—featuring trumpet legend Eddie Henderson, saxophonist Ralph Moore, pianist George Cables, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Billy Hart—will celebrate the life and music ...
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Miles Davis: Miles 54, the Prestige Recordings
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1954, Miles Davis's future meant considerably more than his past. Recording for Prestige since 1951 (The New Sounds was his first album for the label), the trumpeter came into his own in 1954. Returning to New York in February of that year after kicking his heroin habit, Davis had also kicked his bebop fixation. What emerged was a cooler sound that came with space, a trumpet mute and a style influenced by vocalist Helen Merrill's close, breathy proximity to ...
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Backgrounder: Miles Davis - Miles Ahead, 1957
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Miles Davis's Miles Ahead: Miles +19 for Columbia is one of jazz's most exquisite orchestral albums. The LP was arranged by Gil Evans, who, with Davis, selected nine jazz songs plus an Evans-Davis original and dressed them up in a modernist, Thornhillian style. The result is spectacular. Davis on flugelhorn is gentle and at times even meek as Evans's orchestrations descend on him like a violet mist. It's pure musical poetry. One should note that Evans and Davis were together ...
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Perfection: Miles Davis - A Gal in Calico
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On June 7, 1955, Miles Davis recorded Musings of Miles for Prestige. One of the tracks for the album was “A Gal in Calico," composed by Arthur Schwartz. It was introduced in the 1946 film The Time, the Place and the Girl. Musings of Miles was the trumpeter's first 12-inch LP (earlier ones were 10 inches). The musicians were Miles Davis (tp), Red Garland (p), Oscar Pettiford (b) and Philly Joe Jones (d). Garland and Jones would go on to ...
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Legendary Miles Davis’ Saxophonist Sam Morrison 'Whatever: Anthology 1' Now Available On Blue Buddha Productions
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Sam Morrison is a multifaceted musician known for his mastery of the soprano and tenor saxophones, as well as his artistry on the alto and bass flutes. With a career that spans several decades, he has left an indelible mark on the world of jazz, collaborating with legendary artists and contributing to iconic recordings. One of the standout moments in Sam’s career was his membership in the esteemed Miles Davis Band. His performance alongside Miles Davis at the 1975 Newport ...
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Charles Pillow Large Ensemble Set To Release 'Electric Miles 2' on October 6th
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble Electric Miles 2 The follow-up to acclaimed saxophonist/arranger Charles Pillow’s, “Electric Miles” , one of NPR’s top ten CD’s for 2018, is a further exploration of Miles Davis’ early electric period, 1969-74, arranged for a large jazz ensemble. This time Pillows’ arrangements add 3 french horns in addition to the usual big band format for more orchestral color possibilities. Featured in the “Miles” solo role are Tim Hagans, Scott Wendholt and Clay Jenkins. A completely “stacked” ...
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'Listen To This' Exploring The Early Electric Period Of Miles Davis
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Mary Curtin Productions
For the past year, improvising keyboardist Dave Bryant, curator and host of the “Third Thursdays" series of monthly harmolodic jazz concerts, has also been involved with the “Listen To This" musical project, which explores the rich musical legacy of Miles Davis, particularly from his early electric period 1968-1975. The project includes founder Jerome Deupree of Morphine and Either/Orchestra (drums), Russ Gershon of Either/Orchestra (woodwinds, organ), Rick Barry of Bim Skala Bim and Lookie Lookie (percussion), Todd Brunel of Know Orchestra ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Miles Davis
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Miles Davis' birthday today!
Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in ...
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